July 25, 2009

The second pro skateboarding contest ever went down in Boston tonight. I won the first one they ever had here in 1997. Third place tonight, can't complain. I made the run I'd set out to do and all the skaters in the finals put on a great show. The crowd was amazing and even gave me a standing-O after my podium interview. I was feeling the love and rocking my Red Sox cap proud. Thanks Boston. You rock! Hope we come do it again next year. Check a few photos here and be sure to watch on NBC Sunday. Check listings.

July 20, 2009

The skate crew Joe and Josh, in between shows. Joe drives a cab, does the shows and studies to be an EMT in is spare time. Roller coaster madness! Hey that water ride kind of looks like the roll-in the Big Air ramp at X Games...

July 16, 2009

One way to tell if what you do for a living is gnarly: I woke up this morning and was picking out some shorts to wear. I picked up one of my favorite pairs, then remembered that today was the day I was heading out to Bob's giant ramp to fly over a 50' chasm and possibly slide a rail of the same length at 30mph. I thought if I ended the day in the hospital with some kind of severe trauma, they might have to cut off my shorts. I certainly didn't want them cutting up my favorite pair of Airwalk shorts, so I picked a different pair... As I went downstairs for a bowl of cereal, I wondered how many people in the world have to think about that sort of thing in the morning. I could have been a lawyer...

July 13, 2009

Check out this photo from MMC. The flash is from Darryl (Positiv Team manager) sitting on the deck and the photo is from Tom (interstate mag) who is shooting from the opposite deck with a long lens. It's all about timing.

Alex Perelson today became the youngest member of the very exclusive 900 club and took the biggest win of his life in the process. PLG and Bob were all business with 2nd and 3rd respectively and I just must have a thing for 4th place. It was a pretty intense vert final and just the start of what is sure to be another amazing season. Head over to Fuel TV for the recap:

July 10, 2009

So I learned this new trick. Then I ask my friend Chris to film it. Of course once the camera goes on, it takes me so long to land it again that poor Chris is shaking from holding the camera up for a half-hour straight. It's a little ruff but you get the idea. Thanks for sticking with me Conway. It was a fun session tonight after the Carl's Jr. settled in.

It was a long, fun day of skating at practice today. Here's a few photos: Bob ripping the rail, Adam and Danny getting the footage and a pic of the new custom carbon-fiber helmet that Bern just made up for me. I'll be rocking it this weekend and for the rest of the summer at X Games and Dew Tour.

July 08, 2009

Looks like one of those prize packs you win in the mags but this is how I roll up to the Maloof in the VW camper van. Stove, sink, fridge and its sittin on OZ Racing rims. Did I mention it sleeps four? I can take a nap right after practice. Couldn't ask for more. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry